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Salisbury Beats Catholic, Advances to Semifinals

from press release

SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 1 Salisbury
University women's lacrosse team is headed back to the NCAA
Division III women's lacrosse semifinals after a 13-6 win over No.
12 Catholic University of America Sunday afternoon at Sea Gull
Stadium. This will be the program's eighth trip to the NCAA
semifinals.

"We had a slower start today but we played the way we're capable
of playing ... we played Salisbury lacrosse," Salisbury Head Coach
Jim Nestor said after the win. "Our defense did a great job
today."

Catholic, which entered the day scoring 15.90 goals per game
(20th in the nation), was held by the Sea Gull defenders to its
lowest scoring effort of the season.

Junior Katie Bollhorst led the Salisbury attack with a game-high
seven points, netting four goals and dishing out three assists.
With 12 points in the last two days, the 2012 Capital Athletic
Conference Player of the Year moves into a tie for fourth with Jen
Mezzadra on the program's single-season points list with 117.

Catholic (16-6) jumped out to an early lead with a goal 2:31
into the contest by Mary Swarthout. Salisbury junior Kara Koolage
answered back with an unassisted goal 14 seconds later to even the
score at one apiece. Bollhorst scored her first goal of the game
3:20 later to give the Sea Gulls a lead they would not give up.

"Ashton came up big today," Nestor said. "We can always count on
her."

The Sea Gull defense kept Catholic off the scoreboard for a
23-minute stretch, spanning from 6:33 remaining in the first half
until Swarthout stopped a 7-0 Salisbury run with 13:06 remaining in
the contest. By that point, Salisbury had opened up a 10-4 lead and
had the game under control.

Senior Allie Wheatley netted three goals in the contest for
Salisbury, as did junior Lauren Feusahrens. The junior also added
two assists in the game.

The Sea Gulls will next be in action this Saturday, May 19, in
Montclair, N.J., at Montclair State University. Salisbury will play
Middlebury College in the national semifinal contest. Game time is
set for 1 p.m. The winner will advance to the national championship
game on Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m., against the winner of the other
semifinal between State University of New York at Cortland and
Trinity (Conn.) College.